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What Are Common Sports Injuries?
In athletics, victory can come with a price—often in the form of a sports injury. As a result, you need to know what the common sports injuries are to stay one step ahead. While sports injuries aren’t 100 percent preventable, a little knowledge goes a long way t...
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How to Heal My Bone Fracture as Fast as Possible
Falls and accidents. Diseases and chronic conditions. Sports injuries. Bone fractures can happen to anyone at any time. But with advanced treatments, and by making some lifestyle and nutritional adjustments, there are several ways to accelerate the healing of a bone...
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What Are the Differences Between the Common Cold and the Flu?
During cold and flu season, staying healthy can be a real challenge. And because colds and flu share many symptoms, it can be virtually impossible to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone. What are the differences between a cold and the flu? Let...
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When Should I Go To An Urgent Care?
When you or a loved one suffers an unexpected fall, injury or illness, you deserve easy access to prompt, high-quality treatment. We understand how worrying it can be when you need urgent care and your primary doctor is unavailable. That’s why Pomona Valley Health...
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Should I Get the Seasonal Flu Shot?
The Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months receive a seasonal flu shot. A seasonal flu shot not only protects you from a serious disease that may lead to hospitalization, it can also help your body build in...
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Should You Go to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room?
Though it’s comforting to know emergency rooms and urgent care facilities are there if you need them, you hope you never do. But it’s good to understand their differences, so you can get treated as quickly as possible. Emergency rooms must take patients with ...
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How a CT Scan Can Help You
CT scans help doctors treat and diagnose injuries and illnesses. This technology provides a clear picture of the inside of your body so they can better determine what may be causing your symptoms. There are many reasons why you might need a CT scan and it can be esp...
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Concussion Management and Recovery
School is back in session and that means kids and young adults across America are lacing up their cleats and heading toward the playing field. Participating in a sport is a great way to teach teens and young adults leadership, confidence and teamwork, but it’s imp...
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The Benefits of a Mammogram
Mammograms are a vital preventative diagnostic test to help women and their doctors detect signs of early breast cancer — whether you’re experiencing symptoms or not. Women should schedule their first mammogram between the ages of 45 and 50. Once you reach 50 ye...
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Why Prenatal Diagnosis is Important for Your Health
More than 70 percent of pregnant women in the United States routinely screen their unborn children for things like Down syndrome, spinal cord defects or other genetic conditions. Not only is prenatal diagnosis important in determining the health of the fetus, they c...
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Menopause Management: How We Can Help
Menopause is the natural decline in reproductive hormones in women. This life event typically occurs between the ages of 40 and 50. It’s often self-diagnosable because its symptoms are very consistent. Some of the most common symptoms include hot flashes, vaginal ...
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Arthritis Pain Management: What You Need to Know
Despite what many people may think, arthritis is not an “old person’s disease.” The fact is, about 50 million Americans of all ages live with some form of arthritis. But how do you know if you’re hurting from a sports injury or from arthritis? And if arthrit...
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The Benefits of Genetic Counseling
If you are concerned about your current or future pregnancy, the skilled genetic counselors at Pomona Valley Health Centers can help. They work closely with you and your physicians and provide the personalized care you deserve. Our genetic counselors help couples un...
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Ways to Improve Men’s Health
Did you know that men are 80 percent less likely to use a regular source of healthcare, like a primary care physician, than women? In fact, a lot of men go to the doctor only if they’re sick or have a medical emergency. However, regular check-ups are important for...
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10 Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s is a progressive mental deterioration most often occurring in people who are middle or old aged. As this disease progresses, it destroys memory and other important mental functions. While there is no known cure for Alzheimer’s, there are medications ...
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Tips to Boost Women’s Health
Women are notorious for shouldering much of the mental and physical burden of managing a household. So, let’s take a moment to celebrate them, help them feel better and live longer with a few tips focused on boosting women’s health. Manage your stress Stress c...
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The Benefits of Exercise at Every Age
No matter your age, you can take small, easy steps to improve your quality of life today. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and staying physically active has lasting effects on your heart health, mental health and overall longevity. If you’ve ever felt too old to...
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10 Tips For A Healthy Pregnancy
If you haven’t already discovered, there is a lot of information that the Internet, books and family and friends are eager to share with you about pregnancy. It can be overwhelming, to say the least. How can you know what is best for you and your baby? Luckily, th...
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The Importance of Regular Check-Ups
A generation ago, people used to see their doctor only when they were sick, or dying. Today, preventative health care is becoming commonplace as people become more educated and empowered about their own health. People are preemptively seeking medical advice on how t...
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Surprising Things That Are Affecting Your Sleep
According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults should sleep between seven and nine consecutive hours every night. How much sleep are you getting? Chances are, it’s not enough. Your body and brain rely on restorative sleep to keep you healthy and help you ge...
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Small Changes You Can Make To Improve Your Heart Health
The team at Pomona Valley Heath Centers wants to help you improve your heart health with a few simple lifestyle changes. These changes are small, they won’t take much time, and you don’t have to do them all at once. To enjoy a long, heart-healthy life, start ...
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Sports Medicine for Athletes and Weekend Warriors
Whether you’re competing for a national championship, or a weekend warrior participating in local intramurals, you don’t want to miss a game because of an injury. You want to heal quickly and get back to doing what you love. The experienced sports medicine physi...
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Oh, My Aching Back…….
Back pain. Most of us have experienced this at one time or another. In fact, low back pain is the second leading cause of physician visits among American adults each year. The annual cost to the health care system is estimated to be between 50 and 100 billion dollars. T...
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Advanced Detection and Analysis with Radiology
Radiology plays several crucial roles in medicine. It can be used for advanced testing and treatment, for screening and wellness, and to detect diseases and conditions. Think of radiology as a huge umbrella, with many specific technologies underneath it. Radiology ...
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10 Things to Know About HPV and Cervical Cancer
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. During this time, the nation’s attention is turned to cervical health. The focus is on educating women about the connection between cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted infect...
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Why Squat? Think Skiing and Snowboarding!
Athletes understand that an important reason to squat is to enhance athletic performance. Properly performed squatting exercises strengthen the buttocks, thighs, and core. Winter sports enthusiasts might be interested to know that squat endurance and strengthening e...
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Understanding Sleep Disorders
We all have those nights: It’s difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep. Some of us can’t resist the 2 am smart phone check to read text messages or browse social media. Occasional restless nights of our own creation, increased stress at work, schedule changes, j...
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GERD Awareness Week: Reducing Symptoms of GERD
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD) is a digestive disorder. “Gastroesophageal” refers to the stomach and esophagus. “Reflux” is what happens when the lower esophageal ring is weakened and stomach contents flow back into the esophagus. The 17th Annual GER...
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Lung Cancer Awareness Month and The Great American Smokeout
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer takes the lives of more people each year than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. Although a small percentage of nonsmokers are affected by lung cancer, smoking is the leading cause of the diseas...
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Prepare for Cold and Flu Season
To reference a popular television series: “Winter is coming,” and with it, cold and flu season. Although influenza viruses can occur at various times of the year, increases in flu activity during the month of October are common. So, can you avoid getting sick? M...